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US has filed secret charges against Julian Assange, reports say
November 16, 2018 4:14 PM ET
New York, November 16, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists is closely monitoring news reports that the U.S. Department of Justice has secretly filed charges against the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange....
Panic buttons, cameras, and a gun under the desk: Local newsrooms update security in wake of Capital Gazette attack
November 14, 2018 10:58 AM ET
The Capital Gazette shootings in Annapolis in June, in which a gunman killed five staff, forced many newsrooms across the U.S. to reassess the security of their offices. While journalists acknowledged that threats come with the job, the shooting comes in a year of increased hostility toward the press,...
CPJ calls on White House to restore credentials of CNN correspondent, stop denigrating media
November 8, 2018 2:17 PM ET
New York, November 8, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the White House to restore the credentials of Jim Acosta, CNN's chief White House correspondent. The White House last night suspended Acosta's credentials after a heated exchange with President Donald Trump during a press conference earlier in...
CPJ calls on Trump to dial back rhetoric against media and critics
October 26, 2018 5:17 PM ET
New York, October 26, 2018--Federal authorities today arrested a Florida man, identified as Cesar Sayoc, suspected of mailing 13 bombs addressed to prominent figures and critics of President Donald Trump, two of which were addressed care of CNN at their New York studio....
CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering the migrant caravan in Mexico
October 26, 2018 4:07 PM ET
Thousands of migrants that are part of a caravan that departed San Pedro Sula in Honduras for the U.S. on October 13, 2018, are currently in southern Mexico. As the caravan attempts to cross Mexico, the risk increases for any journalists accompanying it....
CPJ joins call for Brazilian presidential candidates to condemn threats against journalists
October 26, 2018 3:56 PM ET
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined five other rights organizations to call on Brazilian presidential candidates to denounce the threats and violence against journalists covering the electoral campaign, and urge their supports to stop harassing reporters....
Senate Foreign Relations Committee must keep up pressure over Khashoggi
October 25, 2018 3:24 PM ET
CPJ writes to the leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, requesting that they ensure the Trump administration conducts a quick and thorough investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing, as required by the Magnitsky Act, and that they consider holding independent hearings on Saudi Arabia.
CNN mail bomb is latest case of attacks and threats against US news rooms
October 24, 2018 6:37 PM ET
New York, October 24, 2018--CNN's New York City studios were evacuated today after an explosive device was delivered to the broadcaster's offices, according to CNN. The device was addressed to John Brennan, a former CIA director and frequent guest on CNN news programs, who is also a national security...
The path(s) to justice in Jamal Khashoggi's murder
October 23, 2018 3:41 PM ET
In an emotional address to Turkey's parliament today, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan described the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a savage and premeditated act and demanded that Saudi officials be brought to Turkey to stand trial. Most of the information about the investigation that has emerged has come...
Unarmed man shot trying to storm local TV station in Washington, DC
October 23, 2018 1:03 PM ET
In the afternoon of October 22, 2018, a man tried to force his away into the offices of Fox 5, a local television station in Washington D.C. The station released security camera footage showing the man bashing in two sets of glass doors with his foot, eventually gaining entrance to...